Combination shaving mug and shaving cream dispenser



Jan. 1, 1946. c. A. SPINOLA 2,392,007

COMBINATION SHAVING MUG AND SHAVING CREAM DISPENSER Filed April 18, 1944 .INVENTOR.

Patented Jan. '1, 1946 COMBINATION SHAVING IHUG AND SHAVING CREAM' DISPENSER.

Cyril A. Spinola, Honolulu; Territory of Hawaii Application April 18, 1944, Serial No. 531,585 1 2 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements in shaving mug construction and has for an object thereof the provision of a shaving mug constructed so that a lather producing substance may be selectively forced from a storage chamber into a lather chamber.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shaving mug of the aforesaid character in which the lather substance may be conveniently injected into the lather chamber without waste.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a mug of the above character which is compact in construction and of pleasing appearance.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a shavingmug of the above character which is relatively simple and inexpensive in construction and efiicient in use.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the description progresses.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved shaving mug,

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a bottom plan View of the same.

Referring to the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred example of the invention, 5 generally designates the body of the mug which essentially comprises an elongated cylindrical wall structure formed with an outwardly projecting handle forming ear 6. In a position intermediate the top and bottom open ends of the cylindrical body wall 5 is formed an integral partition wall 1 in the form of a flat transverse member of circular formation advantageously arranged to provide a relatively large lather chamber 8 in the upper part of the body and a smaller storage chamber 9 in the lower part below the partition. The circumferential wall of the lower chamber is interiorly screw threaded from the bottom end to the par-.

tition as indicated at l0 and is adapted to receive therein an exteriorly threaded force member II in the form of an essentially fiat disk having diametrically extending right angularly intersecting ribs 12 on its bottom face.

On the interior of the circumferential body wall is formed a longitudinally extending and inwardly projecting ridge [3, disposed to extend upwardly from the fixed partition I to a point medially of the height of the lather chamber 8. In this ridge is formed a longitudinal passage l4 extending through the partition and opening through the bottom thereof immediately inward of the circumferential wall so as to lead into the lower chamber 9 and having its upper end leading into a relatively short transverse passage ill in the upper portion of the ridge. This short passage opens inwardly of the ridge at a point medially of the partition and the top edge of the mug body, as shown to advantage at Figure 2.

The mug is particularly advantageous for employing shaving cream which is initially introduced into the storage compartment 9 by removing the forcing and closure disk H. When restored to its closure position the disk Il may b turned so as to effect movement thereof upwardly toward the partition I with the result that the cream within the storage chamber is forced to pass upwardly through the angular duct provided by the passages l4 and I5 so as to discharge a required amount of the cream laterally inward of the medial portion of the lather chamber 8 where, through the admixture with a suitable amount of water through the medium of a shaving brush, the lather is formed for shaving. It will be noted that the feeding of the cream into the lather chamber may be very accurately regulated since the axial displacement of the pressure disk II is very small for a fractional turn of the disk so that the quantity of the lather producing substance fed through the angular duct for discharge into the lather chamber can be readily controlled.

In order to facilitate the filling of the storage chamber the shaving cream could be distributed in a container which, upon removal,

retains the mass in cylindrical form for fitting directly into the bottom chamber of the mug.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim:

1. A shaving mug comprising an elongated cylindrical body having a handle forming ear projecting outwardly thereof, a partition mount? ed transversely in the body dividing the interior thereof into an upper lather chamber and a lower storage chamber, the said storage chamber being interiorly screw threaded from its outer end to the partition, a longitudinally extending ridge formed within the body extending from the partition to a point medially of the top and bottom of the lather chamber, the said ridge having a passage therethrough leading from the storage chamber and discharging medially of the lather chamber, an exteriorly threaded disk having threaded connection with the interior of the storage chamber and operative to force the lather producing substance from the storag chamber into the lather chamber, and a plurality of ribs formed on the outer face of the disk for conveniently turning the same.

2. A shaving mug comprising a. body, a transverse partition separating the interior of the body into an upper lather chamber and a lower paste chamber, the partition having a fixed position with respect to the chambers and the lather chamber being opened at its upper side and the paste chamber at its lower side, a duct in the side wall of the lather chamber communicating with said chamber at a point above the partition and communicating with the paste chamber, the side wall of the paste chamber being screw threaded, and a closure disk for the lower chamber, the disk having a crew threaded edge engaging the screw threads of the lower chamber to adapt it to be moved in the direction of the partition to force the paste into the lather chamber.

CYRIL A. SPINOLA. 

